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Ep. 40: Mad in America
Ep. 40: Mad in America
Ep. 40: Mad in America
Friday 2nd January 2015
Robert Whitaker, Laura Delano, and Dr. Mark Green discuss the state of mental health care in America on Right Turn Radio.
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More and more people are saying we really do need to rethink how we help people the best and how our society, what sort of systems of care we should set up and even how we should conceive of things.
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